Editing Sapphire (section)

==Notable sapphires==
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Overview of notable sapphires
|-
!scope="col" | Sapphire
!scope="col" | Origin
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Size
!scope="col" | Cut
!scope="col" | Color
!scope="col" | Location
|-
!scope="row"| [[Bismarck Sapphire Necklace|Bismarck Sapphire]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://geogallery.si.edu/index.php/10002691/bismarck-sapphire-necklace | title = Bismarck Sapphire Necklace | work = Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | publisher = [[Smithsonian Institution]] | access-date = 7 August 2017 | archive-date = 8 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170808033841/http://geogallery.si.edu/index.php/10002691/bismarck-sapphire-necklace | url-status = live }}</ref>
| [[Myanmar]]
| 98.56 carats
| Table
| Blue
| [[National Museum of Natural History]], Washington, D.C.
|-
!scope="row"| [[Black Star of Queensland]]<ref name="Kim-2010"/>
| Australia, 1938
| 733 carats
| Star
| Black
| Anonymous owner
|-
!scope="row"| Blue Belle of Asia<ref>{{cite web |title=10 jewels that made history |url=https://www.christies.com/features/10-jewels-that-created-auction-history-and-changed-the-market-9549-3.aspx?sc_lang=en&lid=1 |website=Christies |access-date=22 December 2019 |archive-date=16 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316045906/https://www.christies.com/features/10-jewels-that-created-auction-history-and-changed-the-market-9549-3.aspx?sc_lang=en&lid=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Sri Lanka
| 392.52 carats
| Cushion
| Blue
| Anonymous owner
|-
!scope="row"| [[Logan Sapphire]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Logan Sapphire [G3703] |publisher=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |url=http://geogallery.si.edu/index.php/10002687/logan-sapphire |access-date=20 July 2016 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815200533/http://geogallery.si.edu/index.php/10002687/logan-sapphire |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Sri Lanka
| 422.99 carats
| Cushion
| Blue
| National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
|-
!scope="row"| [[Queen Marie of Romania Sapphire|Queen Marie of Romania]]<ref name="Christie’s-2003">{{cite web | url = http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-magnificent-and-historic-sapphire-pendant-by-4190982-details.aspx?from=salesummery&intObjectID=4190982&sid=46018e0d-dd25-4985-be9a-0e9289b52a30 | title = Lot 382: A MAGNIFICENT AND HISTORIC SAPPHIRE PENDANT, BY CARTIER | date = 19 November 2003 | location = Geneva, Switzerland | work = Christie’s | access-date = 7 August 2017 | archive-date = 7 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170807232803/http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-magnificent-and-historic-sapphire-pendant-by-4190982-details.aspx?from=salesummery&intObjectID=4190982&sid=46018e0d-dd25-4985-be9a-0e9289b52a30 | url-status = live }}</ref>
| Sri Lanka
| 478.68 carats
| Cushion
| Blue
| Anonymous owner
|-
!scope="row"| [[The Star of Adam|Star of Adam]]<ref name="Sivaramakrishnan-2016"/>
| Sri Lanka, 2015
| 1404.49 carats
| Star
| Blue
| Anonymous owner
|-
!scope="row"| [[Star of Bombay]]
| Sri Lanka
| 182 carats
| Star
| Blue-violet
| National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
|-
!scope="row"| [[Star of India (gem)|Star of India]]
| Sri Lanka
| 563.4 carats
| Star
| Blue-gray
| [[American Museum of Natural History]], New York
|-
!scope="row"| [[Stuart Sapphire]]
| Sri Lanka
| 104 carats
| 
| Blue
| [[Tower of London]]
|}
Extensive tables listing over a hundred important and famous rubies and sapphires can be found in Chapter 10 of ''Ruby & Sapphire: A Gemologist's Guide''.<ref name="Hughes-2017"/>{{rp|380–395}}